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I remember clearly the day Ryan signed, I remember the fall out his signing caused with my work friend at that time who was livid we took Ryan and Dave Martin from Slade Green. What a great pair of players! One went on to play Championship football for a while, Ryan stayed with us during arguably the greatest period our club has had. I am convinced that if Ryan had a bit more pace he would have equaled or even surpassed what Dave Martin did.

Here's a simple message to those who deliberately knock our Ryan, not just recently but for years - let it go, you do nothing to add to the reputation of the forum and you are impacting the happiness of Ryan and his family. He is a Darts legend, should never have left and will be remembered fondly for all his great moments. He deserves our praise and gratitude! Who will ever forget all those majestic crosses and those curlers in the top corner - yes and he has produced the goods at Conference National level.

I like many others know his limitations but I would never at any point have swapped Ryan for anyone, he's one of our own and a good lad to boot, has a lovely family, works hard and sacrificed a lot to play for our club, sometimes after nights with little sleep.

I'm gonna post this on a separate thread, not particularly to kick off yet another Ryan debate but to highlight what he has meant to me as a fan over the years and to show him that there are far more fans that love him than not.

Thank you Ryan for everything and the story ain't over.....

Spot on

Well said Greg

Absolutely covers what most of the Ryno fans think those for or against who cannot argue what he has contributed to the club over a number of years.
Not the greatest fan over the last couple of seasons but he was coming back from injury and whether he starts the match or finishes it from the bench he will continue to put in a number of those telling crosses for the forthcoming season.

Very well said. There are some who don’t think Hayes can cut it anymore and some who have doubted him long term. Your post should enforce to all just how much he has given for the club and if people are getting personal then that is a terrible shame and uncalled for. I doubt another Dartford player will ever spark so much debate.

I have no doubts at all about what has been said about Ryan. He has been a superb loyal player for Dartford FC. Obviously felt he made a huge mistake on leaving and trying his luck at Concord Rangers but didn't think twice on coming back.
He leaves great memories for all that have seen him, and will never forget his goal against Mansfield that Friday night. Seeing him on TV never quite cuts it, see him live and he stands out a mile.

MVI 3783 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU43Zq_s5J0

Great player , long may he continue !!


Ryan Hayes Goal - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOpWRyPPsVw

Always made me laugh the way Ryno runs away to celebrate his goal towards ;what he thought were the Darts Fans

El Kebabus of Arabia wrote:I remember clearly the day Ryan signed, I remember the fall out his signing caused with my work friend at that time who was livid we took Ryan and Dave Martin from Slade Green. What a great pair of players! One went on to play Championship football for a while, Ryan stayed with us during arguably the greatest period our club has had. I am convinced that if Ryan had a bit more pace he would have equaled or even surpassed what Dave Martin did.

Here's a simple message to those who deliberately knock our Ryan, not just recently but for years - let it go, you do nothing to add to the reputation of the forum and you are impacting the happiness of Ryan and his family. He is a Darts legend, should never have left and will be remembered fondly for all his great moments. He deserves our praise and gratitude! Who will ever forget all those majestic crosses and those curlers in the top corner - yes and he has produced the goods at Conference National level.

I like many others know his limitations but I would never at any point have swapped Ryan for anyone, he's one of our own and a good lad to boot, has a lovely family, works hard and sacrificed a lot to play for our club, sometimes after nights with little sleep.

I'm gonna post this on a separate thread, not particularly to kick off yet another Ryan debate but to highlight what he has meant to me as a fan over the years and to show him that there are far more fans that love him than not.

Thank you Ryan for everything and the story ain't over.....

Well said.

Capricorn25 wrote:MVI 3783 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU43Zq_s5J0

Great player , long may he continue !!

Don't think I've ever seen this clip before, but I'll never forget it now! We don't see as many of those "Ryan specials" these days, but that one will live on.

The one against Kingstonian was fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HuUdQXaR6s

Well said. Absolute bloody legend (Ryan not you Kebabus). Shame he wasn't picked up by a league club but, selfishly, fantastic for us